Bfly here hiding from the incoming blizzard approaching here! It's so cold! But anyways, sorry for the delay, but here's chapter 4! Hope you guys enjoy it! As always any reviews are appreciated!

Ed: Thanks again for proof-reading!

Disclaimer: This is here so that I can avoid being sued: I DO NOT OWN FAIRY TAIL!

Gajeel and Lily cornered Jet and Droy the following morning.

"So, you left us there to suffer through the bookworm, huh?"

"Sorry Gajeel and Lily. We did try to warn you guys though," said Jet.

"Through what, smoke signals?" said Lily.

"No, through sign language, you know?" Droy and his counterpart did the same gestures they had done the previous day.

"Here I thought you were being jealous and were threatening me to keep my hands off her," he said, knowing that they had a weakness for the small blunette.

"You did keep your hands off her, right?" said Jet, who instantly took the bait Gajeel had laid out.

"Maybe," he said, extracting his revenge on the two.

Erza and her team had just come back from their mission that morning, and she was watching the situation carefully. When Gajeel put his finger on Jet's chest, Erza got up and was going to reprimand them when Natsu grabbed her hand and said, "Let them be. Gajeel is our nakama now, he won't hurt them."

Erza looked down at Natsu and glared at the pink haired boy who was half way through his breakfast. He flinched, but he did not take his hand off of her, "Let me go. I don't trust him."

"I know you don't, that's why I'm telling you to watch him," he smiled. "You'll get to know him and find out that he makes a pretty damn good sparring partner. He's better than droopy eyes here."

"What did you call me, squinty eyes? There's no way you can be better than me!"

"What planet do you live on, slushy?" he let go of Erza's hand and pointed at Gray, "There's no way that you can beat me!"

"Gray-sama, your clothes…" said the now blushing Juvia.

"Damn it! When did I?" he asked, bewildered that he had taken off his clothes, again.

"Seriously dude, stop stripping!" said Natsu with an overly disgusted look on his face.

"Aye!" agreed Happy.

"Shut up! It's not like I do this on purpose!"

"You are such a per…" said Natsu, and Gray grabbed him by his scarf, glaring at him.

"Don't you fucking say it, I'll fucking knock you out!" he said threateningly, as the fire mage slapped his hand aside.

"Stop it, you two! It's way too early for your nonsense!" said Lucy, looking at them as sternly as possible.

"Aye…" agreed Happy. They shut up, but continued to glare at each other. Erza had sat down, but continued to watch Gajeel.

"But you don't understand! That woman is scary!" said Droy.

"She has the dreaded Puppy Eyes!"added Jet. Just then, they both got bashed in the head by the scary, puppy eyed, book carrying solid script mage. Gajeel and Lily laughed as she pouted and shouted at the two.

"Seriously, how am I that scary?"

They sat up, rubbing their now sore heads. "You remember that mission we were on when we took you to play pool for the first…" Droy started to say before he was interrupted by Levy.

"And last."

"That doesn't matter, do you remember?"

"Yeah."

"Remember that you trashed the place? And we had to use part of the reward for repairs," said Jet.

"Not to mention that the council got Master in trouble and we got chewed out for it," finished Droy.

"Hmm, I do sound sorta scary!" she said smiling. The guys all looked at each other, and decided to drop the subject before she got any ideas.

"So, let's continue the training then!" said Lily, and the three of them headed to the amusement center. As they walked by, Lucy caught Levy's eye, causing the blunette to rush toward her best friend, nearly knocking Mira's tray to the ground. Levy hugged her ferociously, squeezing the air out of the blonde stellar spirit mage. Amazingly, Lucy hugged her just as strongly. Gajeel and Lily shared the same thought, I'm glad I didn't get squeezed like that! Others, like Wakaba, would disagree with that.

"I wish I was caught between those two right now," he sighed, imagining the scenario as Mira walked to Wakaba's table with coffee.

"What about your wife?" asked Mira slyly, transforming into Wakaba's other half.

"Mira-chan, don't be so cruel!" he said, as Macau and Reedus laughed. "A man can fantasize, right?" he said, looking at the guys for some support.

"Besides," she said, transforming into herself, "aren't you old enough to be their father?"

"Mira-chan, I'm not that old!" he said, dishearteningly. "You can make that argument with Macau who has a girlfriend around your age."

"Love and lust are two different things, Wakaba," she said with a smile and a wink, and left him to ponder her words. She watched as the two girls ended their embrace, while Gajeel and Lily watched and waited patiently. She would definitely have to ask Cana and Juvia what had happened yesterday. She could not imagine Gajeel to be the patient type.

"You're back!" said a very excited Levy.

"Yeah, in one piece and I made my rent for once!" she glanced at Gajeel and Lily, who were waiting for her little blue-haired friend. "So, where are you going with Gajeel and Lily?"

"To play some pool. Do you want to come?" she asked.

"No, I'm no good at it. Besides, I really want to finish that book," she said, pointing at the book Levy had brought with her. It was the same book that she had finished yesterday.

"Sure, I brought it just in case you'd come back today. I'm so glad I did! It's really good, and I'm dying to talk to you about it, so finish it up as soon as you can!"

"Sure thing! Have fun!"

"Will do! Glad you guys are back!" she said to the rest of Lucy's team.

"Aye!" replied Happy as Natsu and Gray smiled at her.

Erza, however, wasn't smiling and said in a very serious tone, "Be careful." Natsu shot her a look.

Levy, thinking that Erza was talking about her destructive pool playing methods, just smiled back and said, "I will! See ya guys later!" and headed towards the amusement center with Gajeel and Lily. Erza and Natsu glared at each other, but dropped the subject entirely and went back to their breakfast.

Mira walked back to the bar and filled the coffee pot. Juvia had been sitting next to Gray, ecstatic that he had come back. But Cana had mentioned to Juvia to come sit next to her by the bar, and they were now deep in conversation. Mira walked towards them with the coffee pot in hand.

Cana said, "I didn't think there was a cute side to Gajeel."

"Gajeel-kun is very complicated, but he has a good heart."

"I think so too," said Mira as she filled Cana's coffee mug.

"He should, or else Master would've never accepted him into Fairy Tail, no matter how hard Juvia would've tried to convince him otherwise."

"Yes, that's true. Master Makarov loves this guild with all his heart. He would never willingly put us in danger."

Cana took a sip of her coffee, "Still, it's going to be very difficult for him to get close to Levy, not after what he did."

Juvia frowned as Mira served her some coffee as well. "Juvia also attacked the guild. Juvia attacked Lucy and Gray-sama. Is it any different than what Gajeel-kun did?"

"Juvia, trust me when I say I understand fighting. But it's one thing for two people to fight, and another thing entirely when someone attacks another person."

"Juvia sees no wrong, Gajeel-kun fought against three mages, in all honesty, he was outnumbered and those three aren't completely helpless either," Juvia said as she added milk to her coffee.

"But he destroyed our guild," Cana started to say before she was interrupted.

"Juvia helped," she was adding sugar.

"But you helped Erza and them at that tower," countered Cana as she took another sip of her coffee.

"And Gajeel-kun helped them at that other world they were transported to."

"And let's not forget that he helped Natsu beat Laxus," Mira added as Juvia tasted her coffee.

"That's true; by that logic you should hate Juvia as much as you hate Gajeel."

"I don't hate either of you," clarified Cana. "I'm just letting you know why certain people don't trust Gajeel." Their minds drifted towards a certain scarlet haired mage who was, at the moment, separating Natsu and Gray from going at it again.

"Gajeel-kun is loyal to a fault," said Juvia sadly. "Now that he's in Fairy Tail he will be loyal no matter how he's treated or what he's asked to do."

"I don't doubt that. He's just not…"

"Approachable?" suggested Mira.

"Yeah. Natsu has accepted him since they fought Laxus and so has Wendy, Lucy, Gray, Levy, Mira and myself. Oh and Jet and Droy to a certain extent.

Mira laughed, "Did you know that Gray likes Gajeel's songs?"

"Gray-sama has mentioned that he likes the content, not the delivery."

"I'd have to agree with him," said Mira.

"He's getting there, but he still needs a lot more work," said Cana, continuing their conversation. "Lily has helped a lot on making him seem less like a loner."

"Juvia thinks so too."

"But it's going to be difficult for people to accept Levy and Gajeel. It's like your daughter or younger sister's boyfriend looks like a delinquent," Mira said as she shuddered picturing Lisanna and a delinquent.

Juvia laughed, "But does that really matter? As long as they're happy. Besides, Gajeel isn't a bad man."

Cana and Mira thought about it. Cana smiled and said, "No, it doesn't. As long as we're there to support them." Juvia and Mira nodded in agreement. From across the room, Wendy and Natsu smiled.

Levy's pool lessons continued on for three more days before Gajeel pronounced her graduated. Cana and Juvia were playing pool as were Reedus and Macau, and laughed at Cana's outburst when Gajeel said, "Well bookworm, there's nothing else I can teach you. The rest is practice and finding your own pace."

"What? Already?" shouted Cana, making everyone laugh.

"She's a quick learner," said Gajeel, looking at Cana as if she was crazy.

"You're a good teacher," said Levy, making Gajeel blush at the compliment. Lily saved him from embarrassment.

"Don't praise this guy, you'll inflate his ego and I have to live with that."

"Hey!" said Gajeel, looking at his cat.

The pool lessons may have been over, but Cana and Juvia had a sense that this was only the beginning.

That's that! Hope you liked it! I'm taking a small hiatus to write a story for Valentine's Day, which I hope to post in the next few days. Hopefully I'll be able to finish by the 14th! Reviews are appreciated!